environment custom grain

gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import salt.config
import salt.loader
import salt.utils

__opts__ = salt.config.minion_config('/etc/salt/minion')
envutil = salt.loader.raw_mod(__opts__, 'envutil', None)

def environment():
  fqdn = salt.utils.network.get_fqhostname()
  host = fqdn.partition('.')[0]
  grains = {}

  grains['environment'] = envutil['envutil.infer_env_from_name'](host)
  grains['whydontyouexist'] = __grains__

  return grains

gistfile2.txt

root@dev-app1:~# salt-minion --versions-report
           Salt: 2014.7.0-1077-g378639f
         Python: 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Feb 27 2014, 19:43:51)
         Jinja2: 2.7.3
       M2Crypto: 0.20.1
 msgpack-python: 0.1.9.final
   msgpack-pure: Not Installed
       pycrypto: 2.0.1
        libnacl: Not Installed
         PyYAML: 3.09
          ioflo: Not Installed
          PyZMQ: 13.0.0
           RAET: Not Installed
            ZMQ: 3.2.2
           Mako: 1.0.0